Larch Seedlings Planted

  UNBC Greenhouse Curator, John Orlowsky, prepares seedlings for transport. The larch seedlings, sown in December, are now happily in the ground at Aleza Lake Research Forest where they can be observed and measured for many years to come. The process started with watering the seedlings  throughly and carfeully pulling them out of the styroblocks …

Tiny Forest Emerges in Greenhouse

Our  seedlings are now over 4 months old!  Planted just before Christmas, the Western larch are a whopping 8 inches tall and the grow lights have been reduced before they are planted in early June.  The Western yellow cedar are showing their secondary growth – actual cedar leaves! They are still under the grow lights …

ALRFS Helps with Campus Forests

This spring and summer, ALRFS staff will be planning and implementing small stand management treatments to mitigate forest fire and safety risks posed by dead trees on  UNBC Campus.  Planned and supervised  by Mike Jull, professional forester and manager of the ALRF, these treatments will focus on a total of  around 5  hectares of beetle-killed …